INITIATIVE B PROTECTS AGAINST UNLAWFUL SEIZURE

I'm writing in response to the Aug. 13 editorial, "Initiative B deception
must be repudiated," and Ogden Police Chief Jon Greiner's Aug. 16
commentary, "Voters warned about Initiative B's ulterior motive: Legalizing
drugs." Both directed voters not to vote for the Initiative B referendum on
the November ballot. The words "constitutional rights" were sadly missing
from both commentaries.

Congressman Henry Hyde, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has
written a book called "Forfeiting Our Property Rights -- Is Your Property
Safe From Seizure?" He is one of the few politicians who has had the
courage to address this important issue as it should be addressed, and that
is from a constitutional perspective.

After listening to many of the signers of the petition, I came to the
conclusion that the main issue at stake here in Utah and America is whether
we, as a nation, can go on exercising our Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendment
rights to the Constitution and having those rights fully honored and
protected by those law-enforcement agencies that are appointed to
administer the law of the land. A concern of the signers was the
unconstitutional measures the law-enforcement agencies were using in
search-and-seizure methods and then dividing the loot among themselves.

Read Rep. Hyde's book before you vote against the Initiative B referendum.

Thomas M. Hadley
Ogden